International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA2016)
IoT Based Smart Security and Home Automation
System
Ravi Kishore Kodali, Vishal Jain, Suvadeep Bose and Lakshmi Boppana
Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Warangal
AbstractInternet of Things (IoT) conceptualizes the idea of
remotely connecting and monitoring real world objects (things)
through the Internet [1]. When it comes to our house, this
concept can be aptly incorporated to make it smarter, safer and
automated. This IoT project focuses on building a smart wireless
home security system which sends alerts to the owner by using
Internet in case of any trespass and raises an alarm optionally.
Besides, the same can also be utilized for home automation by
making use of the same set of sensors . The leverage obtained by
prefering this system over the similar kinds of existing systems
is that the alerts and the status sent by the wi connected
microcontroller managed system can be received by the user on
his phone from any distance irrespective of whether his mobile
phone is connected to the internet . The microcontroller used in
the current prototype is the TI-CC3200 Launchpad board which
comes with an embedded micro-controller and an onboard Wi-Fi
shield making use of which all the elctrical appliances inside the
home can be controlled and managed.
KeywordsIoT, TI Wi-Fi CC3200 Launchpad, Internet.
I. I NTRODUCTION
Wireless Home security and Home automation are the dual
aspects of this project. The currently built prototype of the
system sends alerts to the owner over voice calls using the
Internet if any sort of human movement is sensed near the
entrance of his house and raises an alarm optionally upon the
users discretion. The provision for sending alert messages to
concerned security personnel in case of critical situation is
also built into the system. On the other hand if the owner
identies that the person entering his house is not an intruder
but an unexpected guest of his then instead of triggering the
security alarm, the user/owner can make arrangements such
as opening the door, switching on various appliances inside
the house, which are also connected and controlled by the
micro-controller in the system to welcome his guest. The
same can be done when the user himself enters the room and
by virtue of the system he can make arrangements from his
doorstep such that as soon as he enters his house he can make
himself at full comfort without manually having to switch on
the electrical appliances or his favourite T.V. channel for an
example. Thus using the same set of sensors the dual problems
of home security and home automation can be solved on a
complementary basis.
The alerts and the status of the IoT system can be accessed
by the user from anywhere even where Internet connectivity
may not be readily available (since it is not necessary for the
mobile phone to be connected to internet only board is required
to have an access to Wi-Fi).
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The existing infra-red (IR) or Blue-tooth remote controls
present in the market are in general appliance specic and
the same cannot be used interchangeably. Electrical appliances
connected through Bluetooth making use of Blue-tooth enabled
smart phones cannot be managed from a distant location [2].
Thus functions such as being able to turn on an air-conditioner
while returning home cannot be done with such systems. In
contrast, this work gives a cost effective and simple solution
for wireless home automation and home security systems [3]
[4]. The difculty faced by current home security/surveillance
systems in providing information pertaining to the situation
to users while being away from home is tried to overcome
in this project. The subsequent sections of the paper have
been organized as follows: a comparative analysis between the
proposed system and the existing solutions has been provided
in section II featuring the benets of the proposed system over
the existing ones. Section III illustrates how the system has
been implemented, while sections IV and V goes into greater
detail about working of the individual components present in
the system and the overall functioning. Section VI presents a
owchart relating to the working of the system. Some further
modications which can be done to increase the delity and
user friendliness of the current prototype have been discussed
in section VII.
II. A DVANTAGES
This low cost system with minimum requirements
takes care of both home security as well as home
automation
This home security system does not use any smart-
phone application or any type of user interface instead
uses digits from the keypad on the phone, the system
is platform independent and hence can be accessed
from a wide range of phones with different operating
systems.
To operate home security system the user need not
have data connection enabled in his phone. The system
runs ne with the launchpad connected to wi at
home/ofce.
The optional smart phone application takes care of the
fact that the user may also wish to control his home
appliances without sensors being triggered.
To operate home security system the user need not
have data connection enabled in his phone. The system
runs ne with the launchpad connected to wi at home.
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The optional smart phone application takes care of the

fact that the user may also wish to control his home
appliances without sensors being triggered [5].
Since the launchpad sends a voice call to only a
particular number which is present in the web API
there is no need to worry about security leakage as
the system cannot be accessed by any other unauthen-
ticated user. This in turn increases the delity of the
security system.
The use of wi enabled launchpad in the system
enables the system to be controlled from any part
of the globe contrary to Blue-tooth controlled or IR
remote controlled existing home automation solutions
that too without any net connectivity in the phone.
Since the same set of motion sensors can be deployed
for home automation as well as security system the
system is simple and inexpensive.
This system does not require the user to manually
trigger an alarm but still it provides the user with Fig. 1. TI CC3200 Launchpad board
the advantage of analyzing the situation and then
triggering the security alarm remotely from his phone.
This idea overcomes the common fault in many exist- GNU Debugger (GDB) supports over Open On chip
ing home security systems which causes unnecessary debugger (OpenOCD)
embarrassment by triggering security alarm due to the Two 20-pin connectors enable compatibility with
systems inability to judge a special situation in which BoosterPacks which have added functions
it should not have triggered the alarm.
Flash memory is updated through USB using Sim-
III. I MPLEMENTATION S ETUP pleLink Programmer

A. Components required The board can be programmed through Energia IDE over
the USB cable. The accessible Wi-Fi used by the board should
1) TI CC3200 LaunchPad be proxyless and can be of WPA or WEP type.
2) AccessibleWi
3) Pir motion detector Sensor C. Setup
4) Alarm
5) Relays for connecting home appliances, electrome- The motion sensor is connected to a digital in-out pin of
chanically controlled doors or windows, Texas board. The board is powered up by external 12V battery
6) Mobile phone to recieve Voice Call or 12V adapter. The home appliances are connected to mains
7) Energia (Software) through relay which in turn is connected to another digital pin
of the board. The board is programmed to have access to the
B. TI CC3200 Launchpad local Wi-Fi. The voice call feature of the mobile phone should
be enabled.
The TI CC3200 Launchpad consists of Applications Micro-
controller, Wi-Fi Network Processor, and Power-Management IV. W ORKING O F PIR M OTION S ENSOR
subsystems. It uses ARM Cortex M4 Core Processor at 80
MHz. It has embedded memory including RAM (256 KB). The Human Beings emits thermal energy of wavelength around
dedicated ARM micro-controller also has a network processing 9-10 micro-meter everyday. Pyroelectric or Passive Infrared
subsystem in it. Its features include: Sensor (PIR) [6], [7] is an electronic device which is designed
to detect this IR wavelength when a human being is in its
USB interface using FTDI USB drivers proximity. To have a wide range for detection a simple lens is
The board is powered through USB for the LaunchPad used. Sensors may also be calibrated in such a way so as to
and external BoosterPack ignore domestic pets by setting a higher sensitivity threshold,
or by ensuring that the oor of the room remains out of focus.
It is operated from 2 AA- batteries
Standalone development platform provides features
such as sensors, LEDs and push-buttons V. W ORKING O F P ROTOTYPE

On-board antenna and U.FL connector can be selected The prototype can be used in following two ways :
using a capacitor re-work 1) As a smart security system
It supports 4 wire JTAG and 2 Wire SWD 2) As a smart home automation system

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Fig. 2. Security and Home Automation

other entrances too, motion sensor should be installed at those

places and will be controlled by a single micro-controller).

Fig. 3. PIR Motion Sensor working principle

A. As a smart security system

PIR motion sensors are installed at the entrances of a
building. These sensors as explained earlier detect the motion
of human beings. This signal which detects their presence
becomes the input trigger for the micro-controller. The owner,
who may or may not be present in that building, will be
receiving a voice call on his mobile phone (whose number
is predened in the program) stating that There is an Intruder
in the House. To turn ON the lights and alarm at house so that
the intruder will be warned, the owner can press 1 from his
mobile keypad. Moreover if the owner nds that his building is
not safe, he can send an SMS [8] to the concerned authority in
police department; explaining his situation. The module will
turn OFF the alarm and lights after a xed time delay.The
call will be triggered again as soon as the module detects any
unexpected motion and the owner will receive the call again
and the process continues so on.(To ensure the safety from
Fig. 4. Implementation Setup
B. As a smart home automation system
This application of the module can be explained by an
example. Suppose the owner is expecting a guest at his house
but he is not available there. Now, as the guests reach at his
house the owner will receive a video call. But now the owner
can press digits other than 1 (such as 3 for lights, 4 for fan, 5
for A.C., and so on) or even can disable the security system.
Similarly if the user or somebody leaves the house, the user
will still receive a video call and this time he can switch Off the
appliances or can enable the security system again by pressing

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yes

Voice call sent through Internet

Intruder there? yes

no

Press 2 to
Switch on Lights
Press 3 to Press1
Switch on Fan Alarm
Press 4 to
Switch on AC

VII. F URTHER S COPE

As the system is dependent on the users discretion and
judgeability of the situation (whether it is a guest or an intruder
entering his house) the use of a camera connected to the micro-
controller might help the user in taking decisions whether to
activate the security system or welcome the guest [9] [10].The
captured picture of the guest or intruder after face detection,
can be mailed to the user. The user can further forward the
same photograph to the police station if he wishes.Further the
system may be made more synchronised by integrating the
voice call feature within the same smart phone application
through which the user can even control his home appliances
without any voice call being triggered to his phone.

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